A FUN MATH EVENT FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-12
Thursday, March 19, 2015
5:30­7:15 PM
at California State University, Fresno
Learn more and register at http://www.mathkangaroo.org/ .
Registration deadline: December 15, 2014
Sample problems
Grades 1­2: Today it is March 18, 2010, and I am 7 years old. How old will I be on March 18, 2020?
A) 17 years old
B) 16 years old
C) 13 years old
D) 12 years old
Grades 3­4: Matthew and Clara live in a skyscraper. Clara lives 12 floors above Matthew. One day
Matthew went to visit Clara, and he took the stairs up from his apartment to Clara’s apartment.
Half-way up he was on the 8th floor. On what floor does Clara live?
A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 20
E) 24
Grades 5­6: Adam divided a certain secret number by 7. Then, he added 7 to the result and
multiplied the number he obtained in this way by 7. For the final result he got the number 777. What
was Adam’s secret number?
A) 770 B) 111 C) 722 D) 567 E) 728
Grades 7­8: The smallest two-digit number that is not the sum of three different one-digit numbers is
A) 10
B) 15
C) 23
D) 25
E) 28
See more sample problems at the above website.
Students in grades 6­12: Fresno State also hosts a Math Field Day on April 18, 2015! See http://www.fresnostate.edu/csm/math/news­and­events/field­day/.